* Song: * Album: * Version: * Interpretation: * Tuning: * Notes: Holding back the river Turf 1 / 2 »»» Paul B. Brightbill (pbrightbill@yahoo.com) CGCFGC (tune down 1 step from DADGAD) I'm not certain about some of the chord names, so I've put the fingering I use below and guessed at the chord names. In the X-chord, hammer on fret 4, then pull off.

Holding back the river

INTRO:
2x  D Bm F X
    Ummm.... 

D                                        Bm
Like and arc, two lovers come from their    own place beneath the sun
       F                               XhX'
that shines on individual souls, feeds  us, keeps each one of us whole
      D                        Bm
Two hearts don't beat as one, each one listens to our own drum
F                       XhX'                              XhX'
Slowly we come to touch,   to share the fruit we want so much

                D               Bm
We have been holding back the river
A       F                D
We almost drowned before
         D                Bm
But love   has changed forever
A               F              D
It's taking prisoners no more

       D                         Bm
So we walk by the grand canal, a    Dublin woman and a country pal
        F                               XhX'
Where the city is such a perfect place, swans glide in total grace
D                              Bm
Kavanagh sits in a morning dream, smiles at the familiar scene
        F                               XhX'                             XhX'
Of your brown eyes, your red hair, your voice so soft, your skin so fair